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Tristan
Pronounced /ˈtɹɪstən/
Rank in 2024
#267
Born in 2024
1,296
Peak year
2008 · #81
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for girls:12 in 2024 (#8,448)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,296 boys were named Tristan, about 1 in every 1,324.
- It peaked in 2008 with 5,659 babies, ranked #81.
- It first shows up in the records in 1946.
- 123,112 boys have been named Tristan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tristan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.6Millennials1981–96
- 2.2Gen Z1997–12
- 1.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 196 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,429 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 19,079 babies, 0.63 per 1,000. Gen Z: 69,577 babies, 2.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 32,831 babies, 1.51 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".
- A male given name from the Celtic languages.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /ˈtɹɪstən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tristan, CC BY-SA 4.0.